Association formed.
Under the auspices of the
surgeon-general, in August, 1863, a large number of surgeons assembled in the Medical College of
Virginia, at
Richmond, and organized the ‘Association of Army and Navy
Surgeons of the
Confederate States,’ by the adoption of a constitution and the election of the following officers:
Samuel P. Moore, M. D., president;
J. B. McCaw, M. D., first
vice-president;
D. Conrad, M. D.,
Confederate States navy, second
vice-president;
W. A. Davis, M. D., first recording secretary;
W. A. Thom, M. D., second recording secretary;
M. Michel, M. D., first corresponding secretary;
S. Jenkins, M. D., second corresponding secretary, and
J. S. Wilson, M. D., treasurer.
It was also through his aid and encouragement that the most excellent ‘
Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal’ came into existence, and was conducted to the end of the war; and he directed the preparation of a collection of papers entitled ‘A Manual of Military Surgery,’ intended more especially for officers in the field, and to treat of but few of the diseases incident to the camp and hospital, reserving only such as are more intimately connected with gunshot wounds and operations, as Shock, Tetanus, Hospital Gangrene, Pyaemia, etc. It is accompanied by a careful selection of lithographs of amputations, ligations, resections, etc.
He continued to reside in
Richmond after the war, not actively engaged in the practice of his profession, but giving the benefit of his extensive knowledge and experience to educational and other institutions, having the welfare of the community in view.
He was a member of the
R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, of
Richmond; of the
Executive Board of the
Virginia Agricultural
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Society, and of the
Richmond School Board; was chosen president of the Association of Medical and Surgical Officers of the Army and Navy of the
Confederate States, at
Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1874, and was elected one of the
vice-presidents of the Section of Military and Naval Surgery in the ninth International Congress, 1887.
He died at his residence, No. 202 West Grace street,
Richmond, Va., May 31, 1889, and was buried in Hollywood cemetery.
In person he was above medium stature well formed, erect, and of soldierly bearing; regular, handsome features, not austere, but subdued by thought and studious habits.
With acquaintances he was genial, having a pleasant brightness and a keen, but harmless, wit. In official life a strict disciplinarian, but appreciative of faithful service.
He was always extremely modest in referring to his own work, and only alluded to it at comparatively long intervals and upon the most intimate occasions.
That he spared not himself the best testimony is the high renown he won for himself and his faithful corps with the medical world, which has justified the wisdom of his selection for the duties imposed upon him, and also by the loving regard felt for him in recognition and appreciation of his services, by all the people of his beloved Southland.
